April 2018 Trigger Focus

Dedicated

Dedication (noun): A devoting or setting aside for a particular purpose; self-sacrificing loyalty.

To be dedicated to something means to commit yourself to and for that purpose. It is an act of binding yourself to a course or action — Find your WHY!

Rachel Owens will be writing more about Dedicated later this month. Keep an eye out for it on our blog on Friday, April 13th!

Nutrient Density

Nutrient Density is essentially getting the most nutrients for the fewest amount of calories. You want to aim to get the biggest “bang for your buck,” if you will. Nutrient dense foods give you concentrated amounts of valuable nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fiber, etc.

Dennis Koenck will be writing more about Nutrient Density later this month. Keep an eye out for it on our blog on Friday, April 20th!

Dynamic Correspondence

Another way to describe Dynamic Correspondence is the Transfer Effect – how to transfer what an athlete is doing in training to their sport performance. One way we implement Dynamic Correspondence is being intentional with our programming specificity. The younger our athletes, the less sport-specific we will be. We want to make sure our athletes have the basics down before progressing. As our athletes’ training ages increase, our specificity will begin to increase as well.

Garrett Kelly will be writing more about Dynamic Correspondence later this month. Keep an eye out for it on our blog on Friday, April 27th!

About Rachel Poppe

Rachel is the Digital Content Manager at DST and a DST athlete (2010-present). She graduated with a degree in strategic communication from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2015, where she played Division 1 soccer and won four Southland Conference Championships. After graduation and before joining the DST team, she played a season of professional soccer for IA Akranes FC in Iceland. She now plays for a Houston team in the UWS, a competitive professional women's soccer league in the U.S. and Canada. Rachel is wife to DST owner Kevin Poppe.

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